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OIL DI SPENSER Filed Sept. 5, 2

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ALBIN E. CARLBERG, OF OSAGE, SASKATGHENAN, CANADA.

OIL DISPENSER.

Application filed September 5, 1928, Serial No. 304,022, and in Canada October 26, 1927.

This invention relates to improvements in oil dispensers and the objects of the inven tion are to provide an oil can of simple and durable construction that can be manufactured and placed on the market at low cost. and in which more efficient means are provided for controlling the discharge of the contents thereof.

A further object is to provide an oil can that will not leak in any position.

A still further object is to provide an oil can of this description from which the oil can be forced even when it is cold.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the novel features of the device reside in the combination with a specially constructed spout and a can adapted to hold oil under pressure, of a control valve lever operated from without the can to permit discharge of the oil and normally retained in sealed or closed position.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each figure Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved oil dispenser.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical section of the oil dispenser.

Figure 3 is an enlarged section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which a preferred example of the invention is disclosed 10 designates the oil can of any suitable shape and provided at the top with an opening 11 and a surrounding collar 12. This collar is interiorly screw-threaded at 13 to engage with a spout member 14 of any suitable construction, length and size and formed in two main sections 15 and 16 screw connected together as at 17. i The lower section 15 is provided on the inside with a surrounding shoulder or flange 18 adapted to support a coil spring 19 provided with a plate cap 20 designed to engage with a ball and socket valve 21, the socket 22 of which is contained in the base of the inset plug 23 screwed into the top of the section 15. The valve stem 24 extends upwardly into the section 16 of the tube and fits into a cap or cuplike member 25, hereinafter more fully referred to.

The upper section 16 is formed with a substantially L-shaped branch 26 extending outwardly and downwardly and formed with a screw cap 27 having an opening 28 therein through which extends a rod 29.

This rod is adapted at its upper end to contact with a horizontally extending lever member 30 pivotally mounted at 31, the other end of which is connected to the cap 25 on the valve stem 24. The rod 29 protrudes beyond the L-shaped branch of the section 16 and is provided with a coil spring 32 wound thereon between the cap 27 and a plate 33 on the end of the rod, this plate being designed to engage with an operating lever 34 pivotally mounted at 35 on a projecting standard 36, the inner end of the lever arm being adapted to engage with a plate 38 and normally held in engaging position by an extension 39 of the handle 40 of the can so that when a person grasping the handle presses the outer end of the lever 34 downwardly the rod 29 is moved upwardly moving the lever 30 upwardly to cause the valve 21 to move downwardly opening a. passageway 41 to permit the oil from the can to be discharged.

It should be here mentioned that the opening 11 at the top of the can in addition to communicating with the lower section 15 of the spout also communicates with a suitably bent pipe 42 open at the end and provided with a wire mesh screen 43 through which the oil is sucked up and discharged through the spout.

On the ball and socket valve being opened the contents of the can are forced out by the air pressure obtained by means of the air pressure valve 44 which is illustrated in Figure 3 and is of well known construction.

Among modified forms of the invention, the rod 29 and spring 32 as disclosed may be positioned in horizontal plane so that operation may be effected by the thumb, while in the normal position of holding the oil can. The spring in this case would operate a ball and socket valve, hinge valve or the like suitably disposed for operation.

It will thus be seen that in operation, on oil being put into the can by unscrewing the spout and compressed air pumped through the valve 44 that, as above mentioned, on the operating lever 34 being pressed the ball and so ket valve 21 will be opened to permit oil under pressure to be discharged. and that in normal condition the ball and socket valve will be retained in closed position, preventing any leakage of oil.

As many changes could be made in the above c n ction, an many apparently D in widely different embodiments of my invention within the scope of the claims con structed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all matter tion, an extension on the spout and communieating therewith, a lever member operatively mounted in the extenslon and operatively connected to the said valve, an operating rod assoeiatedwith said lever, and means for operatmg said rod and lever from Without the contalner, to open the spout valve, and means which the spout is formed in two sections in threaded engagement with one another and wlth the 011 container, respectively, an L- shaped extension Integral with one oi said sections, a pivotally mounted lever in said extension, a spring-actuated valve in the spout provided with a stem connected to one end of said lever, and means associated with the other end of said lever and protruding beyond the extension for operating the lever.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand'this 24th day of August, A. D. 1928, at Veyburn, in the Province of Saskatchewan.

ALB'IN E. CARLBERG. 

